Damyanti Biswas is an author, blogger, animal-lover, spiritualist. Her work is represented by Ed Wilson from the Johnson & Alcock agency. When not pottering about with her plants or her aquariums, you can find her nose deep in a book, or baking up a storm.

The book should be out on all sorts of e-book retail outlets in the next few weeks, and then the great e-book experiment will begin in earnest. With this e-book, I don’t mean to thumb nose at traditional book publishers–quite the opposite.

I seek to learn the ropes of the fluid publishing market. I’ve been traditionally published, and hope to be considered for publication again. But in the meanwhile, I mean to explore the burgeoning new avenues of publishing.

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Hey girl! Congratulations! The book cover looks super awesome. So where do I get a copy? I’m so glad i met you through this A-Z, and look what you’ve accomplished!! So proud! You know I’ll keep cheering you on!

Hi Damayanti,
Congratulations. The cover looks great. It is really good that you are experimenting with modern avenues of publishing like ebooks which I think will take over from print one day and hopefully be a boon to authors.
Do share your experiences with us, especially marketing experiences, on your blog.
Also, do let us know when the book is out so we can spread the word here. I trust it will be available on Flipkart.
All the Best
Regards
Vikram

Thanks, Vikram. This will be an e-book, so not sure I can make it available on Flipkart :). I’ll make sure I make PDF versions available for download, however. Have to figure out how!

I’m not a marketing whiz, so that will be hit-and-miss. This book is going to be a huge learning curve for me in terms of e-book publishing….which, as you rightly said, is going to play a part in the future of books.

Your humility will keep you working hard, and your talent will ensure the results you seek. This book is proof of that. I am, at once, very proud of you for what you’ve accomplished, and grateful for the ways in which you inspire all of us to accomplish, too.

Charles, I’ve good reasons to be humble. When I read the writing of some of the folks I know, and you, I realise how much further I have to go. I’ve recommended your blog to more people than I can remember.

I’m not sure this book will be an accomplishment, but I’m hoping it will teach me a few things. Writers these days have to hawk their wares, and I suck at that.

Thanks…I’ll need my friends to teach me marketing, because this e-book is all about learning from my betters! Thanks for the offer to spread the word…I welcome any advice and suggestions you may have for me 🙂

The great thing about ebooks is that they can instantly reach right around the world minus postage and packing. This, together with no print costs, makes them far cheaper, which is especially good for those with lower incomes. I am considering investing in an IPad to help reading easier so eBooks get the thumbs up for me. (My own books are selling better as eBooks too.) Of course I would not like to see the demise of printed books — they are such a joy to hold, read and place on one’s bookshelves.